This Sutra expounds the Sacred Story of Amida and was delivered by Shakyamuni Buddha and translated into Chinese during the Ts'ao-Wei dynasty by the Tripitaka...
HARNESS YOUR BRAINPOWER by Harvey Mackay Knowledge is power. How much do you know about everything? How much do you know about a lot of things? Okay, how much...
October 3, 2008 Tricycle's Daily Dharma The True Nature of Happiness Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal...
December 1, 2008 Tricycle's Daily Dharma Collective Karma Right livelihood has ceased to be a purely personal matter. It is our collective karma. Suppose I am...
The Importance of Balance While we may concentrate on one particular aspect of the path at a time, it is important to have an overall balance between the...
The Two Parts of Practice Practice is twofold. The first part is training; the second is the act itself. And these are not two things; when you train, the act...
True Compassion What is the experience of true compassion? While recognizing mind essence, there's some sense of being wide awake and free. At the same time,...
Many Paths In Buddhism there are numerous paths of spiritual training. Each has its unique goal, purpose, and benefits for oneself and others. But in order to...
The Sun Behind the Clouds [T]his enlightenment of the Buddha's was profound and brilliant, accurate and powerful, and also warm and compassionate. It was like ...
Awareness of Our Bodies Most of the time we go through the day, through our activities, our work, our relationships, our conversations, and very rarely do we ...
February 22, 2009 Tricycle's Daily Dharma Right Speech "And what, monks, is Right Speech? Refraining from lying, refraining from slander, refraining from harsh...
Make an Effort And what, monks, is Right Effort? Here, monks, a monk rouses his will, makes an effort, stirs up energy, exerts his mind and strives to prevent...
As skillful means we can employ whatever is useful, whatever is truly helpful. For each of us at different times, different traditions, philosophical...
Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his...
You Can Be Happy Right Now Many of us think that happiness is not possible in the present moment. Most of us believe that there are a few more conditions that...
Becoming Real Many people have the misconception that spiritual life or religious life is somewhere up there in the sky—an ethereal or mystical reality—and...
The Path to True Happiness Everything in life changes. The path to true happiness is one of integrating and fully accepting all aspects of our experience. This...
Most westerners are familiar with Zen Buddhism. Although D.T. Suzuki's writings popularized that order of Buddhist thought in America, Suzuki also had deep...
Your Actions vs. Your Beliefs When we ask what makes a happy and meaningful life, one problem that can arise is the tendency to respond with an answer that...
Digesting Mindfulness Cultivating mindfulness is not unlike the process of eating. It would be absurd to propose that someone else eat for you. And when you go...
Most westerners are familiar with Zen Buddhism. Although D.T. Suzuki's writings popularized that order of Buddhist thought in America, Suzuki also had deep...
Sometimes informally called "Buddha's birthday," it actually encompasses the birth, enlightenment Nirvana, and passing (Parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha. In...
When those we're closest to see through our illusions and point out our self-centered mistakes, we quickly get defensive, and if they don't stop we may become...
Make Peace with Your Mind For the spiritual power of peace to touch every person on this earth, it must radiate out from a profound peace within our own mind:...
Elder's Meditation of the Day June 20 "But in the Indian Spirit the land is still vested; it will be until other men are able to divine and meet its rhythm....
A contemporary Zen master has said that "Zen is picking up your coat from the floor and hanging it up." Nothing could be simpler. Yet how difficult! There is...
One of the things that most nourishes true compassion is clarity—when we know what we are thinking and know what we are feeling. This clarity differentiates...
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